| | to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | HSK 2 |
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| | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典｜词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本 | HSK 2 |
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| | Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century | |
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| | dictionary / encyclopedia | |
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| | entry (in a dictionary) | |
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| | constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View | |
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| | the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄｜扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters | |
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| | Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century | |
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| | "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts | |
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| | clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) | |
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| | reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc) | |
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| | Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936 | |
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| | word index (of a dictionary) | |
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| | Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書｜韵书 from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries | |
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| | Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈｜张自烈 in 17th century | |
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| | the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries | |
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| | electronic dictionary | |
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| | Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言 | |
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| | "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning | |
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| | Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光｜司马光 et al in 11th century | |
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| | walking dictionary / well-informed person | |
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| | to collect words / to harvest entries for a dictionary | |
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| | Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in 2nd century | |
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| | compact edition (of a dictionary etc) | |
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| | Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字｜说文解字 | |
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| | Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王｜顾野王 in 6th century AD | |
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| | Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day) | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme) | |
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| | Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical | |
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| | prefix / headword (in a dictionary) | |
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| | Merriam-Webster (dictionary) | |
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| | rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical) | |
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| | Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries | |
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| | indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary | |
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| | Wiktionary (online dictionary) | |
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| | Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990 | |
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| | Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994 | |
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| | Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典 | |
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| | (of a dictionary etc) revised edition | |
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| | iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com | |
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| | title word / entry (in dictionary) | |
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| | Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994 | |
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| | encyclopedic dictionary | |
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| | pocket dictionary | |
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| | headword (in a dictionary) | |
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| | dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals | |
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